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Transient ST Segment Elevation in Right Precordial Leads Induced by Psychotropic Drugs: Relationship to the Brugada Syndrome
Author(s) -
ROULEAU FREDERIC,
ASFAR PIERRE,
BOULET STEPHANE,
DUBE LAURENT,
DUPUIS JEAN MARC,
ALQUIER PHILIPPE,
VICTOR JACQUES
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.00061.x
Subject(s) - medicine , flecainide , brugada syndrome , st segment , precordial examination , cardiology , st elevation , elevation (ballistics) , electrocardiography , anesthesia , myocardial infarction , atrial fibrillation , geometry , mathematics
Psychotropic Drugs and ST Segment Elevation. Transient ST segment elevation in right precordial leads with use of psychotropic drugs is reported in two cases of overdose and one case of therapeutic administration. Flecainide did not reproduce ST segment elevation. The relationship of these abnormalities to the Brugada syndrome and the electrophysiologic hypothesis are discussed.